Vila Nova should not expect any gifts from the home team Ceará in this Serie B match. Here's our comprehensive match guide!
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie B
Vila Nova have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ceará form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Ceará have to build on here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie B.
Ceará shared the glory with Mirassol in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ceará's goalie Ferreira played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Mirassol with a stunning six saves.
Before that, Ceará had a home game versus Botafogo SP which ended with a victory 3-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ceará have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Ceará after this match as they are travelling to Juventude for a Serie B game in only four days.
Ceará's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vila Nova form and stats
Playing away, Vila Nova have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Vila Nova, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Londrina (placed 18th). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Donato was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Donato hit two key passes and won 11 of 13 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Vitória.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Vila in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Vila Nova, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 9 of this team's latest 11 league matches have had two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting ABC in just three days.
The visiting Vila Nova have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. Vila are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Ceará won five, Vila Nova were winners in four and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  E. de Arruda Serafim 6 goals |  G. Parede Pinheiro 5 goals | C. da Silva Dantas 5 goals |
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| Ceará | Vila Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 56% | 41% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 22% | 18% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 65% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 15.6 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16.9 | 18.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 27% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 21% | 22% |
| 15.4 | 13 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.6 | 11.7 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vila Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vila Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the the best goal difference (+15) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie B
- Vila Nova have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vila Nova haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vila Nova | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Criciuma | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Vitória | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Novorizontino | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Juventude | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Guarani | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Atlético GO | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Ceará | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | CRB | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Londrina | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | ABC | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Avai | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
